Mailing device.



No. 892,879. PATBNTED JULY 7', 1908. H. M. OREILLY.

IIIAILIIIG` DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED MAB. 29, 1907.

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No.s92,879. PATENTBD JULYy 7, 1908. H. M. oRBILLY.

MAILING DEVICE.

A APPLIGMION FILED MAR. 29. 1907.

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@Helmut UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY M. OREILLY, OF CORNING, NEW YORK.

MAILING DEVICE To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. OREILLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Corning, in the county of Steuben and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mailing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in mailing devices, comprehending particularly a post card, envelop or other mail transmitter hol small articles of merc andise or the like, whereby the same may` be conveniently transmitted through the mails.

The object of the invention is to provide a mailing device having a receptacle of novel construction which is securely held in position thereon and may be conveniently opened for the removal of its contents by the recipient.

In the accompanying drawing-Figure 1 is a face view of a private post or mailing card equipped with my invention. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front view of a post card similar to Fig. 1 showing a modification in the means for holding the receptacle in position. Fig. 4 is a back view of the same. Fig. 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a erspective view of a fastener of the type disclosed in Fig. 3 made of wire instead of sheet metal.

As illustrated, the body 4 of the box or receptacle extends through the opening 2 and is provided with an annular flange 5 to bear upon one side of the card. A cover or removable section 6 is provided to close and surround the open rojecting portion of the body and is formerFwlth a iiange 7 to bear against the opposite side of the card, the flanges cooperating when the cover is in position to clamp the card and securely fasten 'the receptacle thereon. Any suitable means may be provided to fasten the cover to the body ortion. In the present instance 4I have slfown the open end of the body portion .formed with a series of tongues 8 arranged equidistantly around the same and adapted to pass through slits 9 in the cover and to be bent over upon the latter to fasten the same in closing position. The box or receptacle may be of convenient size to receive small articles of merchandise for transmission through the mails, and the construction described forms a means whereby the contents of the receptacle may be sent to a person Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 29, 1907.

rovided with a rece tacle adapted to- Patented July 7, 1908.

Serial No. 365,376.

whose address is written upon the face of the card, while a message relating thereto may be written u on the back of the card. The invention w11 be found of great beneht to those who are engaged in the mail order business or occasionally desire to ship small goods in a convenient manner.

In the modified construction shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5, the flange 5 .on the body portion of the receptacle is dispensed with, and a modified construction of fastening means is employed to hold the receptacle in position. As shown, armed fastening devices l() and 11, which are identical in construction, are arranged on opposite sides of the receptacle, and the free ends of the arms thereof are extended reversely through the space between the receptacle and the walls of the opening 2 and are bent laterally to provide clamping fingers or lugs l0a and 11a earing against the front and rear faces of the card and serving to clamp the receptacle in applied position. The armed fastening ydevices are preferably of cruciform shape,

but they may be of any other suitable form. After the receptacle is closed and arranged in the opening 2, the fastening devices are brought to bear against the body of the receptacle and its cover and the arms bent to extend through the openings and then rebent to form 'the clamping portions 11a, which bear with sufficient pressure against the card to hold the receptacle firmly and securely clamped thereto. In order to detach the receptacle, it will be obvious that it is simply necessary to bend the lugs or fingers l0a and 11al back to normal position, whereupon the receptacle may be slipped out of the receiving opening. This construction of fastening means enables the rece tacle to be quickly and conveniently app ied and removed, as will be readily understood.

As shown in Fig. 6, each armed fastening device may be formed of wire instead of sheet-metal, the fastening device therein illustrated being made of a single piece of wire bent into and formed with the terminals thereof soldered or otherwise united at the bending points the wires are curved to prevent the formation of sharp angles liable to tear or otherwise injure othermail matter. In the sheet-metal construction bends devoid of angles may, and preferably are in practice, made for the same purpose.

HavingV thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

l. A mailing device comprising a card having an opening therein, a rece tacle positioned in the opening, and ra ial clamps disposed around the periphery of the rece tacle and bearing upon the opposite sic es of the card around the wall of the open= ing to fasten said receptacle to the card.

2. A mailing device comprising' a card having an opening therein, a receptacle positioned in the opening, and fastening means including coacting clamping members for securing the receptacle in position, said clamping members being arranged annularly and laterally of the periphery of the receptacle and parallel with the opposite sides of the card to bear upon the same and clamp the receptacle thereto around the wall of the opening.

3. A mailing device comprising a card 4. A mailing device' comprising a card having an opening therein, a rece tacle positioned Within the opening', an clamping members bearing against the opposite sides of the receptacle and having' arms extending reversely through the opening around the receptacle and provided with laterally bent clamping fingers bearing against the og p0- site sides of the card around the wall o' the operliing and fastening said receptacle to the cart.

5. A mailing device comprising a card having an opening therein, a sectional receptacle positioned within the opening7 clamping members bearing against the outer faces of the sections of the receptacle, said members being provided with arms extending reversely through the opening between the wall thereof and the periphery of the rece tacle, the free ends of the arms being provided with laterally extending fingers engaging the opposite sides of the card around the wall of the opening and clamping the receptacle to the card.

In testimony whereof, I ax my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY M. OREILLY.

Vitnesses:

JOSEPH M. CONNOR, JAMES F. HOWARD.

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